“Lord Nelson’s Victory off Trafalgar” rediscovered painting by American artist Mather Brown »
MATHER BROWN (1761-1831) Lord Nelson’s Victory off Trafalgar Oil on Canvas, circa 1805-7. 101.6 x 124.5cm (40 x 49 inches), framed. PROVENANCE: After 1807: Sold by the artist to the “Mayor of Liverpool”, probably John Bridge Aspinall (1758-1830, Mayor of Liverpool in 1804). May 1922: Sold Christie’s, London. 1966: With Hahn & Son, London. 1966-70: […]
. View Post » CHARLES DICKENS SILVER MEAT DISH »
A George II silver meat dish, plain oval with gadroon edge, by Samuel Herbert, London 1759, later engraved in two places with the crest of Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Dimensions: 38 x 28cm (15 x 11 inches). Weight: 28.2 oz. approx.. Despite feigning no interest in his family pedigree and mocking the pretensions of those who […]
. View Post » Re-discovered painting of the death of Nelson »
The Death of Nelson, 1805 Samuel Drummond (1765-1844) Oil on canvas, framed, 52 x 62cm. Probably Royal Academy, London, Summer 1806 (catalogue number 505), as Sketch for a death of Lord Nelson Private collection, Somerset. This vivid image might be considered the earliest artistic reaction to the death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar […]
. View Post » Founder of the Ionian Academy »
The Honorary Degree awarded in 1819 to Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford by Oxford University for his founding of the Ionian Academy, the first Greek academic institution of modern times and forerunner of the University of Athens. Comprising: manuscript on vellum with tasselled ribbon supporting the wax seal of Oxford University within a George […]
. View Post » Oliver Cromwell’s Watch »
A mid-17th Century Puritan silver fob watch by William Clay, circa 1645, verge movement with gut fusee and worm-and-wheel set up, the top plate with pierced balance cock engraved William Clay fecit, supported on truncated pyramidal Egyptian pillars, the circular face having a single steel beetle hand, Roman numerals and 15-minute chapter within an outer […]
. View Post » Captain Broke’s sea-going silver dishes from HMS Shannon »
A graduated set of four George III seagoing silver meat dishes by William Stroud, London 1811, decorated with the coat of arms and crest of Captain Philip Broke RN (1776-1841), commander of HMS Shannon in the famous action with USS Chesapeake in 1813. Each plain oval with gadroon edging, dimensions respectively approx: 15 x 11 […]
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